Antibiotics are designed to exploit the unique characteristics of bacterial cells so that they can kill or slow the growth of bacterial cells while leaving our human cells relatively untouched. So antibioitics target things like bacterial cell walls (which only bacteria make) or they target the protein machinery of bacteria (which is different than the protein-making machinery of human cells).
Antibiotics don't work against viruses or fungi because these infectious agents don't have the same properties as bacterial cells. For example, viruses don't have cell walls, and the cell walls that fungi have are entirely different than bacterial cell walls. So different classes of drugs must be used to target viruses and fungi; these drugs are called antivirals and antifungals, respectively.
It's important to note that antibiotics aren't only prescribed for bacterial disease. Some antibiotics have desirable side effects that are used to treat other diseases not caused by bacteria. For example, azithromycin is a commonly used antibiotic that has the beneficial side effect of being an anti-inflammatory drug. For this reason, azithromycin is used to treat some diseases associated with chronic inflammation.
Antibaterials affect only bacteria because they are ANTI--(againest) bacteria. Anti fungals are engineered to be againest only fungi, anti virals are againest only virus. That is the reason antibacterial medications are not prescribed for a viral infection.they will not be an effective medication for bacteria
The effect antibiotics have on the bactiria is that it tries to kill it and stops spreading the germs
They only kill the harmful bacteria in our bodies, so the bacteria ones survive and create more antibiotics stronger bacteria.
Because their made for that only type of bacteria!
They Spread Around and fight the bacteria to get rid of them
bacteria
Antibiotics only affect bacteria and colds are caused by viruses.
Influenza is a viral disease and antibiotics do not affect viruses, only bacteria.
they are a cure for when you have a infection and you have to be ill and have to go to the doctors to get this medication.
they affect it because without the anitbiotic the bacteria would grow and make babies.
No. Antibiotics destroy susceptible bacteria; they don't affect antibodies.
Antibiotics in animal food is bad because the dseases and bacteria get used to the antibiotics in the feed and the evolve and learn how to beat it and therefore the antibiotics in animals feed has no longer an affect on the bacteria. You should only use antibiotics when completely necessary they are not to be used to prevent, only to cure.
If bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics, exposure to antibiotics will lead to the death or weakening of the bacteria.
Antibiotics only work on bacteria.
Bacteria
The types of drugs that can kill bacteria are called 'antibiotics'.
Some antibiotics, such as penicillin, affect only certain types of bacteria but not other types.